Jovita Aranha

Going the extra mile to deliver essentials and ensure you stay at home! #FrontlineHeroes #GoodGovernance

In these testing times, a few heroes have stepped up to extend a helping hand. Here are six initiatives in four cities, ensuring that the needy do not go to bed hungry. Here's how you can support them.

"Our effort will ensure those under home quarantine do not feel compelled to venture out to obtain essential supplies, thereby reducing the risk of infection to others,” says Shishir Joshi, Founder of Project Mumbai

This is the story of thousands of kids studying in government schools in Bengaluru. The first-generation school-goers. The children of migrant and daily wage labourers who were empowered with wings to soar to their dreams, by city-based NGO, Dream School Foundation.

250 delicious organic watermelons in just 4X4 square metres. Nitesh spent only Rs 4,000 to grow them and earned more than Rs 30,000 on selling them! #FarmersFirst

I am in the heart of North Mumbai’s lesser-known red-light district where underworld crime syndicates run prostitution rings. This is where spine-chilling and heart-wrenching stories come alive.

Moitrayee’s journey to transform these kids began four years ago when she joined Kolkata-based NGO Maha Jiban.

Apart from being felicitated by the Prime Minister in 2018 and former President Pranab Mukherjee, Sharma has been bestowed several state and national-level awards. She has also featured in the list of 100 impactful and influential women and represented India at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum-SPIEF 2019 in Russia.

Deriving its name from the Sanskrit word for ‘dialogue,’ Samvaad, organised by Tata Steel, is one of the largest tribal conclaves or ecosystems in India. It has reached out to more than 10,000 people and 17 countries worldwide.

“Any form of development requires coordination. But for the longest time, tribal communities have lived on the margins of mainstream discourse that impact them the most. Samvaad as a platform is seeking answers to this reality."